Theodore Goldsmith "Ted" Joslin (February 28, 1890-April 12, 1944) was press secretary to President Herbert Hoover from 1931 until 1933.
Joslin was born in Leominster, Massachusetts., to Frederick A. and Hanna Hopgood Joslin. After graduating from high school, he took a job with the Boston bureau of the Associated Press (AP), rising from office boy to correspondent. In 1913 he joined the staff of the Boston Evening Transcript. In 1916 the Evening...
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Theodore Goldsmith "Ted" Joslin (February 28, 1890-April 12, 1944) was press secretary to President Herbert Hoover from 1931 until 1933.
Joslin was born in Leominster, Massachusetts., to Frederick A. and Hanna Hopgood Joslin. After graduating from high school, he took a job with the Boston bureau of the Associated Press (AP), rising from office boy to correspondent. In 1913 he joined the staff of the Boston Evening Transcript. In 1916 the Evening Transcript sent him to its Washington, D.C. bureau, and he became chief correspondent in 1924. From 1916 to 1931 he was also on the staff of World’s Week and contributed to other magazines. He married Rowena A. Hawes in 1913, and had two sons, Richard and Robert.
In March 1931 Joslin was appointed press secretary to President Herbert Hoover, replacing George Akerson, who had taken the blame for the Republican president’s deteriorating relations with the Washington press corps. Joslin held that post until Hoover left office in March 1933....
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